Karina Smirnoff

On Tuesday, the hit ABC-TV show "Dancing with the Stars" announced the celebrity lineup for its 20th season.

But on Friday night, television personality Alan Thicke brings some of the professionals of the show to Sands Bethlehem Event Center in a show called "Dancing Pros Live" — which he refers to as "dancing with the stars of 'Dancing with the Stars.'"

"Meaning the real stars of that show are, of course, its dancers," Thicke says in a call from Durham, N.C., where the show made a stop. "So this is a show that features the dancers and not the celebrities that they have to steer around the stage and help...

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